Drupal continued/finished

Well, I've poked around Drupal, and it looks pretty nice. It pretty much just looks like a group blog to me. I guess I had never seen LInt as this collaborative effort before, but then again I'm not someone who would likely be contributing anyway.

From my end, I'm interested in anything that makes LInt easier to use from the perspective of someone trying to find information. The old/current LInt had a search function that was pretty much useless as far as I could tell. The "Do not include meeting minutes" weeded out some of the irrelevant information, but most of the time when I've tried to just search for something it's taken me way too long to find it. I know most things are hidden under appropriate links, but in most cases online I find searching to be easier so I go for that option first. I even use ctrl+F really frequently to search through pages to see if I can find the relevant information or not. Searching is key for a useful LInt.

That being said, I really hope the tagging system works out in our favor. The only problem I see here (which I think at least one other person posting on the new LInt has also seen) is inconsistency in tagging. Someone might use "Adult Services" as a tag, while someone might just use "A.S.," and I don't think they'd show up in the same searches or under the same tag headings. I think that's pretty much common sense, though, so it's not likely to be a big deal. (Well, we can hope.)

I do have to say that although I consider myself a LInt consumer more than a LInt contributor, I've long been in favor of a blog, wiki, or forum-type environment for circulation. We're a big department that doesn't often get to meet all together (and when we do, we can't get everything done that needs to be done). Maybe once we see how the new LInt works out we will see the advantages of an inviting collaborative tool and make use of such technologies more.